Nokia C7 Review, Specifications and Comparison

Nokia C7 is a smartphone with Symbian 3 OS, ARM 11 680 MHz processor 3D graphics hardware accelerator, 3G features include High Speed Downlink Packet Access 10.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access 2 Mbps. The display screen is of Active Matrix OLEDs (AMOLED) capacitive touchscreen, 3.5 inches, 16.7 million colors, UI auto-rotate, scratch resistant screen, finger touch control, on-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard.

The phone has 8 MP camera with dual LED flash, face detection, geo-tagging, and video stabilization. While looking at battery power the phone has Li-Ion (lithium-ion) standard battery of 1200 mAh therefore a standby power of 656 h max, talk time power of 318 mins max, and 54 h for playing music is available.

The other features include stereo FM, FM transmitter, games, voice command, web tv, browsers like WAP 2.0/x HTML, HTML, RSS Feeds, office tools like word, excel, power point, MS Outlook synchronization for contacts, calendar, notes and etc., also Flash Lite 4.0 and Adobe Reader are available. The phone has IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, TCP/IP support, to serve as data modem, GPRS, EDGE, GSM,  Bluetooth 3.0, micro USB connector and USB on-the-go. It has 8 GB memory storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM, external memory extendable till 32 GB microSD. The audio jack is of 3.5 mm, MP3, WAV, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB ringtones. The phone comes in three colors like frosty metal, mocha, and charcoal black.

Nokia C7 Specifications :

Dimensions : 117.3 * 56.8 * 10.5 mm comparing to iPhone which is 115.2 * 56.8 * 9.3 mm and Galaxy S is 123 * 64.2 * 10.8 mm

Weight : 130 g where iPhone weighs 137 g and Galaxy S weighs 123 g

Screen size : 3.5 inches which is similar to iPhone and Galaxy S is 4 inches

Active Matrix OLEDs (AMOLED) capacitive touchscreen whereas Galaxy S has Super Active Matrix OLEDs

Ambient light detector

16.7 million colors

UI auto-rotate

Scratch resistant where iPone has scratch resistant and oleophobic surface

Proximity sensor

PC Applications : Nokia Ovi Suite and Nokia Ovi player

Symbian 3 OS, ARM 11 680 MHz processor 3D graphics hardware accelerator

Memory : 8 GB memory storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM, external memory extendable till 32 GB microSD and Galaxy S has 16 GB memory

3G : High Speed Downlink Packet Access 10.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access 2 Mbps

Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

GPRS

EDGE

GSM

Bluetooth 3.0

MP3, WAV, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB ringtones

3.5 mm audio jack

Camera : 8 MP camera with dual LED flash, face detection, geo-tagging, and video stabilization comparing to iPhone and Galaxy S have 5MP camera

SMS, MMS, Email, push email, IM

Office Tools for text editing and viewing

FM, FM transmitter

Games

Voice command

Video call support

Web tv

Browsers like WAP 2.0/x HTML, HTML, RSS Reader

Battery : standby power of 656 h max, talk time power of 318 mins max whereas iPhone has standby power of 300 h and talk time power of 7 h.

1200 mAh Li-Ion standard battery whereas Galaxy S has 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery

Colors : frosty metal, mocha, and charcoal black

Nokia E7 Review and Specifications

Nokia E7 is a smartphone with qwerty keypad, Active Matrix OLEDs (AMOLED) touchscreen. It has 8 mega pixel camera with dual LED flash, face detection, video stabilization and geo-tagging. The battery has 480 hours standby power and 5 hours talk-time power. While looking at memory storage it has a internal memory of 16 GB, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM.

And other features are that it has bluetooth, SMS, MMS, Email, push email, IM, GPS, GPRS, EDGE, Symbian 3 OS, ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3d graphics hardware accelerator, Wi-Fi, micro USB v2.0 and USB on-the-go support where the device themselves become the host when connected with another USB device,  3G features include High Speed Downlink Packet Access 10.2 Mbps, High Speed Uplink Access 2 Mbps, MP3/WAV/WMA and MP4/WMV, call recordings upto 30 days, FM, Games, voice command, editors for documents, photos and videos, can be connected to tv through HDMI and other supporting ports, Browsers like RSS reader, HTML, WAP 2.0/xHTML. The phone comes in five colors like orange, green, blue, silver and dark grey.

Nokia E7 specifications

Dimensions 123.7 * 62.4 * 13.6 mm

Weight 176g

Comparing to iPhone weighs 137g, dimension is 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 and Blackberry Torch weighs 161g, dimension is 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm

Resolution Active Matrix OLEDs capacitive touchscreen 360 * 640 pixels, Resolution of Blackberry is 480 x 360 – 3.6 inch screen, iPhone’s resolution is 640 * 960 pixels – 3.5 inches

Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Scratch resistant

UI auto rotate

Multi touch input

2G and 3G network GSM and HSDPA respectively

Speaker 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory storage 16 GB, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM whereas iPhone comes with 16/32 GB storage and 512 MB RAM

Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE

Bluetooth

Video Camera 8MP with video stabilization, dual LED flash, face detection, geo tagging when compared to Blackberry Torch and iPhone comes with 5MP camera

Symbian 3 OS, ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3d graphics hardware accelerator

USB port : micro USB v2.0 and USB on-the-go support

FM

Games

Voice command

MP3/WAV/WMA and MP4/WMV

Browsers : RSS reader, HTML, WAP 2.0/xHTML

Colors : orange, green, blue, silver and dark grey

Flash Lite 4.0, Document, photo and video editors

SMS, MMS, Email, push email, IM

TV-out through HDMI

Battery : 480 hours standby power and 5 hours talk-time power


Nokia E63 vs Nokia E72 – Price vs Performance review

Well I understand your look, you might be wondering how can I compare Nokia E63 and Nokia E72 when they are in totally two different pricing segments.But considering that both these phones cater to those looking for QWERTY based smartphone, it definitely makes sense to write this one. I have briefly owned E72 and E63, so here are my observations.

Nokia E72 though appears to be an evolved version of Nokia E71, actually is a refinement of E63 + extra features, the keypad is very different from E71 and Same as that of E63. So in more ways E72 is similar in design to E63. So lets look at the major differences

Nokia E63 Black edition
Nokia E72 Black

* 5MP Camera in E72 vs 2MP Camera in E63 (video FPS is same in both models)
* E72 has a A-GPS with free navigation license (As of Jan 2010).
* E72 has 600 MHZ processor compared to 369 MHZ of E63.
* 256 MB of internal memory in E72 vs 128 MB in E63 (This is not the RAM, RAM is same in both these phones)
* S60 3rd Edition FP2 in E72 vs S60 3rd Edition FP1 in E63.
* HSPDA support of upto 3.6 Mbps in E72 vs 384 Kbps max in E63. (both support 3G)
* 8GB memory card free (E72) vs 1GB memory card (E63)
* Metallic finish of E72 vs E63.

+ Office 2007 format support is available in both E72 and E63 (You will get a free upgrade when installing updates in E63)

Apart from Camera and GPS all other differences are minor.Though the processor upgrade appears to be grand one, without an increased RAM, you maynot see a huge difference in performance between these two devices. Afterall E63 itself is a pretty slick phone. Based on my experience with GPS enabled phones (N95 8GB and N97), I dont see them as a huge plus anyway. If you need to use a GPS for navigating then phone GPS is not powerful / fast enough to get a location, it will be better if you get a real GPS. Camera is a big improvement but again, for a business device camera is not a big factor.

Now both the models are available in Black and if you put the leather pouch over it both looks exactly the same except for the name.

But the biggest deciding factor is the price as of today Nokia E72 costs Rs 20,500/- after taxes in Chennai, whereas the Nokia E63 + A free Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH 103 (bundle) costs Rs 10,800/- almost half the price of the premium model.

So its up to you to decide on your device now..